Commercial Cardboard Recycling Services

Loose boxes take up space, block access routes, and quickly fill general waste bins. Wet or food-contaminated cardboard can also be rejected by recyclers, which makes it more expensive to deal with.

Business Waste Ltd supplies the right containers for your volume and arranges ongoing collections through licensed carriers. Clean cardboard is sent to authorised recycling facilities, such as paper mills or materials recovery facilities.

You’ll have one point of contact for bins, collections, and paperwork. If your business produces larger amounts, we can also check whether balers and cardboard rebates would reduce your overall waste costs.

Common cardboard waste we collect includes:

• Corrugated cardboard boxes and packaging
• Flat cardboard sheets and product packaging
• Cardboard tubes and sleeves
• Cereal boxes, shoe boxes, storage boxes, and similar card
• Clean paper-based packaging
• Pizza box lids or lightly marked boxes, if they’re free from grease and food
• Wet, greasy, food-contaminated, or waxed cardboard is not usually accepted for standard cardboard recycling

The right setup depends on how quickly cardboard builds up, how much space you have, and how often you need collections. Small sites may only need a wheelie bin, while warehouses, retailers, and manufacturers may need cages, loaders, RoRos, balers, or compactors.

Our cardboard container options:

• Wheelie bins for smaller loose volumes
• Cages or pallet boxes for bulky flattened boxes
• FELs for sites that produce larger amounts of cardboard every week
• RoRos for very large loose volumes and clear-outs
• Balers for regular clean cardboard that can be compacted
• Compactors where reducing bulky material and collection frequency is the main goal

Businesses producing regular volumes of clean, dry cardboard may qualify for recycling rebates. Eligibility depends on the cardboard grade, weight, contamination level, storage method, and current market prices for recovered paper.

Baled corrugated cardboard often has stronger rebate potential because it is easier to store, weigh, and transport. Business Waste can supply balers or compactors and check whether your cardboard meets the current rebate requirements.

Free bins for cardboard waste

We supply a range of bins for cardboard, all delivered for free:

• 240 litre wheelie bins: suitable for small offices, shops, cafes, and sites producing a few flattened boxes
• 360 litre wheelie bins: useful where cardboard builds up regularly but storage space is limited
• 660 litre wheelie bins: suitable for medium-volume retail, hospitality, office, and light-industrial sites
• 1100 litre wheelie bins: better for larger premises producing regular packaging and delivery boxes

These bins suit clean, dry cardboard from offices, shops, hospitality businesses, warehouses, and light-industrial sites.

Simpler Recycling and cardboard: What businesses need to know

Workplaces in England with 10 or more full-time staff have had to keep paper and cardboard away from general waste since 31 March 2025. Micro-firms have until 31 March 2027.

Depending on your collection setup, paper and cardboard may also need to be kept apart from plastic, metal, and glass. Keeping cardboard separate protects the fibres from food, liquid, and other contamination.

We’ll provide separate cardboard bins, scheduled collections, and Duty of Care paperwork for your site.